Key Points
On December 14, 2020, in response to Turkey’s procurement of the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia in 2019, the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) and four of its officers pursuant to the CAATSA sanctions provisions enacted by Congress against Russia in 2017. This follows Congressional approval of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2021 by a veto-proof majority on December 11, 2020, which includes specific provisions to compel the imposition of the new sanctions measures.
The European Union separately has also recently adopted new sanctions against Turkey in connection with disputed Turkish drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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On December 14, 2020, the United States (
US) imposed sanctions on Turkey pursuant to Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (
CAATSA) for “knowingly engaging in a significant transaction with Rosoboronexport (
ROE), Russia’s main arms export entity, by procuring the S-400 surface-to-air missile system.”
Background
In July 2019, Turkey closed the purchase deal with Russia.
On October 14, 2019, in response to Turkey’s military offensive into northeast Syria the Office of Foreign Assets Control (
OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury designated two ministries of the Turkish Government and three Turkish Ministers on the Specially Designated Nationals (
SDN) List.
On October 23, 2019, President Trump announced that he was lifting the October 14, 2019 sanctions against Turkey.
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The U.S. Department of State (“State Department”) announced the imposition of sanctions on Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (“SSB”) pursuant to Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATSA”). The U.S. is sanctioning SSB over its procurement of the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia’s Rosoboronexport (“ROE”). SSB is Turkey’s primary defense procurement entity and ROE is Russia’s main exporter of arms. As a result of Turkey’s actions, the U.S. is imposing full blocking sanctions on four SSB officials along with certain non-blocking CAATSA sanctions on the SSB entity.
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The State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on the Republic of Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (“SSB”), and four related Turkish individuals under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATSA”) for engaging in a significant transaction with a designated party in the Russian defense sector for the procurement of the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia. The sanctions prohibit the issuance of all U.S. export licenses and authorizations and certain loans to SSB, while designating four corporate officers of SSB as Specially Designated Nationals (“SDNs”) and imposing full blocking sanctions and visa restrictions on them.